ESIC sanctions former Heroic player niko over HUNDEN coaching bug \u201ccomplicity\u201d ESL \/ ESIC \/ HeroicThe Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC) has handed down their full ruling against Heroic\u2019s CS:GO squad, punishing Nikolaj \u2018niko\u2019 Kristensen after former coach Nicolai \u2018HUNDEN\u2019 Petersen claimed they knew he was abusing the spectator bug during their 2020 rise. The ruling, handed down on October 18, claims niko \u201cadmitted his complicity in the cheating exploits of [HUNDEN] and is, therefore, guilty of breaching the ESIC Code of Conduct.\u201d ESIC received a voice recording of a conversation between niko and HUNDEN about the spectator bug during their investigation, implicating him in the scandal. He was sanctioned under Article 2.4.4 and 2.4.5 of the code, which outlaws \u201ccheating or attempting to cheat to win a game.\u201d Niko was able to escape a suspension from ESIC for his actions because of \u201cspecial circumstances\u201d due to an ADHD and Asperger\u2019s Syndrome diagnosis. HUNDEN used Niko\u2019s diagnosis \u2014 and his relationship as his coach \u2014 to \u201cdeliberately [foster] and [exploit] trust at a timing that was convenient to him\u201d. \u201cESIC was informed that this would have significantly impacted his ability to know right from wrong, make values-based decisions on his own and communicate effectively in a conventional way,\u201d it said. However, he will receive a \u201csevere public reprimand\u201d, as well as \u201cone-on-one education sessions with the ESIC Commissioner\u201d about the code. If he does not comply with the ruling, ESIC will suspend him for a minimum of 30 days. ESIC declassifies report detailing investigation and outcomes resulting from Nicolai “”HUNDEN”” Petersen’s allegations of team’s complicity in spectator bug abuse. Read: https:\/\/t.co\/oFyVnNeKjm pic.twitter.com\/560v1UX9sY \u2014 ESIC (@ESIC_Official) October 18, 2021 In the ESIC investigation, HUNDEN accused all of Heroic except b0RUP. He told Danish news site TV2.dk \u201csome of the players were aware\u201d of his abuse of the spectator bug. The bug allowed coaches to set their cameras to watch parts of the map otherwise unavailable to them, thereby relaying important information to their team mid-game. The other four Heroic players at the time \u2014 TeSeS, cadiaN, b0RUP, and stavn \u2014 were cleared by ESIC. \u201cESIC was unable to find anywhere near enough evidence to reasonably conclude that these four players were guilty of any offence under the ESIC Integrity Program,\u201d it said. It comes at the end of a tumultuous 18 months for Heroic. After reaching the heights of CS:GO with an ESL Pro League win during the online era, they were struck down by two ESIC rulings against their former coach. On top of the spectator bug abuse, HUNDEN was also caught leaking strategies to another organization in the lead-up to his departure from Heroic in 2021. Documents obtained by Dexerto\u2019s Richard Lewis claimed Heroic created an NDA to prevent the team from speaking about the alleged cheating allegations. No players signed the NDA. HUNDEN was banned for two years for breaching ESIC\u2019s code of conduct on August 27 for the leaks. His ban is set to expire on August 24, 2023. Heroic are currently set to take part in the upcoming PGL Stockholm Major, CS:GO\u2019s first since 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ESIC sanctions former Heroic player niko over HUNDEN coaching bug \u201ccomplicity\u201d ESL \/ ESIC \/ HeroicThe Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC) has handed down their full ruling against Heroic\u2019s CS:GO squad, punishing Nikolaj \u2018niko\u2019 Kristensen after former coach Nicolai \u2018HUNDEN\u2019 Petersen claimed they knew he was abusing the spectator bug during their 2020 rise. The ruling, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38113\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}